Thirteenth Investment Treaty Forum Public Conference

Ethics, Issue Conflicts and Arbitrator Challenges

Friday 11 September 2009 09:00 to 16:30

Location

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE - The Hatton, 51-53 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8HN
 

Participants

Keynote speaker:
Professor William W. Park, Boston University

Chairs & Speakers:
Mark Appel, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, Dublin
George Burn, Salans LLP, London
Rodman Bundy, Eversheds LLP, Paris
Emmanuelle Cabrol, Herbert Smith LLP, Paris
Jeffery Commission, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, London
Zachary Douglas, Matrix Chambers and Cambridge University
Norah Gallagher, Director Investment Treaty Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London
Professor Julian DM Lew QC, 20 Essex Street, London
Loretta Malintoppi, Eversheds LLP, Paris
Professor Loukas Mistelis, School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London
Professor Catherine Rogers, Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University
Sebastian Seelman-Eggebert, Latham & Watkins LLP, Hamburg
Audley Sheppard, Clifford Chance LLP, London
Dr Laurence Shore, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York
Ana Stanic, E&A Law, London
Dr Michael Waibel, University of Cambridge
Nassib Ziade, Deputy Secretary-General, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Washington DC

In recent times ethical issues have featured prominently in investment treaty arbitration. Parties have challenged arbitrators on numerous occasions, in different forums, national and international (recently in EDF v Argentina awards and the NAFTA case Grandriver Enterprises v USA) and on a variety of grounds. The conference will review and analyze the emerging practice on relevant matters such as repeat appointments, issue conflicts, duty of disclosure, financial interest, same-chamber barrister participation and others, with a view to discern good practices in this area for both counsel and arbitrators.

Topics:

  • Considerations relating to Arbitrators Appointments
  • Two Debates: 1. Relationships between Arbitrator and Counsel; 2. Issue Conflicts and the Limits on the Obligation of an Arbitrator to Disclose Financial Interests
  • Roundtable Discussion: Best Practice on Conflicts in International Arbitration - A Way Forward


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